A series of new economic analyses released Wednesday, several conducted by the federal government using official data sources, point to slowing economic growth and increased consumer prices brought on by President Donald Trumps trade war.

Despite such indicators, however, the White House has shown no sign of backing down on Trumps trade agenda, moving forward with plans to double the tariff rate on imports of foreign steel and aluminum and pushing ahead on bilateral trade negotiations with countries around the world.

In a statement to Scripps News, White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai dismissed concerns about poor economic indicators, arguing Trump administration policies ushered in historic job, wage, investment, and economic growth in his first term, and theyre laying the groundwork the repeat the success in his second term.

Taken together, however, the new data contradict months of White House messaging suggesting foreign producers and not American consumers would bear the brunt of tariff costs, and raise fears of an economic downturn brought on by global trade imbalances.

Over the summer, I think you're only going to continue to see these soft data numbers turn into hard data, and only going to see some more slowing in the economy, said Alex Jacquez, who worked on economic policy in the Obama and Biden administrations and now directs policy and advocacy work for the progressive Groundwork Collaborative think tank.

The president began the day on Wednesday, reiterating his call for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to lower interest rates, highlighting a new report from payroll processing firm ADP that showed U.S. employers added just 37,000 jobs in May the lowest private-sector job growth in over two years. Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal had estimated much stronger growth of 110,000 jobs in May.

Then came new research from Liberty Street Economics, a blog run by economists with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, that found a majority of businesses in that jurisdiction passed along at least some of the added costs of tariffs onto consumers. Relyaing on data from a survey conducted during early May when the 145% tariffs on Chinese imports was still in effect the economists found a significant share of businesses also raised prices on goods not impacted by tariffs, suggesting firms were using Americans' widespread awareness of tariff-related economic uncertainty to justify price hikes across the board.

The Feds monthly Beige Book released later Wednesday pulling together data from all 12 of its districts echoed such trends.

All Districts reported elevated levels of economic and policy uncertainty, which have led to hesitancy and a cautious approach to business and household decisions, Fed officials wrote, adding that higher tariff rates were putting upward pressure on costs and prices.

Also on Wednesday afternoon, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its first analysis of the impact of Trumps tariffs on the U.S. economy more broadly, projecting a slight slowing of GDP growth and an increase in consumer prices brought on by Trumps tariffs. Federal government deficits would decline substantially due to the added revenues tariffs bring in, the CBO projected, but increased prices would drive up inflation by nearly 1% by 2026.

White House officials declined to comment on such findings, suggesting instead that reporters should take CBOs tariff revenue estimate of $2.8 trillion at face value, which together show a $500 billion deficit reduction over 10 years.

Behind the scenes, meanwhile, trade negotiations conversations between U.S. and foreign officials continue, with mixed success.

Following President Trumps late-May threat to levy a 50% tariff on imports from the European Union, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met Wednesday with European counterparts in Paris for what was described as a very constructive conversation that indicates a willingness by the EU to work with us to find a concrete way forward to achieve reciprocal trade.

We are advancing in the right direction at pace, echoed European Union trade commissioner Maro efovi following the meetings. I believe we can achieve positive result, efovi added, But we are also ready to defend our interests and do the utmost to rebalance our trade relationship.

Yet, progress towards a trade agreement with China, with which the U.S. maintains the largest trade deficit, remains elusive.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted last week that trade conversations with his Chinese counterparts were a bit stalled. Meanwhile, Beijings official readout of Tuesdays first meeting between U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue and Chinese Foreign Minister pointed to continued friction between the nations.

In recent weeks, the U.S. has introduced a series of negative measures for groundless reasons, infringing upon China's legitimate rights and interests, the Chinese statement read, suggesting the nation firmly opposes such actions.

Though senior White House officials said Monday that Trump would connect with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, no call had yet been scheduled as of Wednesday afternoon.

I like President XI of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!! Trump wrote on Truth Social early Wednesday morning.

Michigan's nearly 400 breweries are bracing for potential price increases as new tariffs on steel and aluminum take effect.

"It's been a little bit hard for breweries in general and one more bit of pressure is not really welcome," Scott Graham said.

Graham is the executive director at the Michigan Brewers Guild, which represents about 250 brewers across the state. He notes that the now-50% tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration stand to add more financial strain to beer companies that are already dealing with higher costs for labor, barley and other materials.

Watch our interview with Scott Graham below: Full interview: Michigan Brewers Guild executive director breaks down tariff impacts on breweries

"It really is probably going to add to their costs," Graham said. "A brewery can't just pass every cost on. It kind of has to think of what the price of its beer is to the consumer and how much they can pass on."

With consumers changing their habits in the last year and many families eating out less, Graham says brewers could face stiffer competition if they're forced to raise prices.

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When asked about hopes for the brewing industry moving forward, Graham said, "I similarly like to be optimistic and I'm hoping that deals get worked out and negotiated and things settle down. One of the worst parts of this is hearing news and not knowing what's going to happen and being uncertain. Businesses don't like uncertainty."

Graham says it's unclear how long it might take before consumers see impacts on shelf prices on their favorite craft beers if the new tariffs continue as implemented.

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A federal judge issued an order Wednesday to prevent the deportation of the wife and five children of an Egyptian man charged in the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado.

U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher granted a request from the family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman to halt deportation proceedings of his wife and five children who were taken into federal custody Tuesday by U.S. immigration officials.

The family members have not been charged in the attack on a group demonstrating for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Soliman faces federal hate crime charges and state charges of attempted murder in the Sunday attack in downtown Boulder.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Wednesday that they are being processed for removal proceedings. Its rare that family members of a person accused of a crime are detained and threatened with deportation.

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Solimans wife, 18-year-old daughter, two minor sons and two minor daughters all are Egyptian citizens, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.

We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it, Noem said in a statement.

Noem also said federal authorities will immediately crack down on people who overstay their visas in response to the Boulder attack.

Soliman told authorities that no one, including his family, knew about his planned attack, according to court documents that, at times, spelled his name as Mohammed.

Earlier Wednesday, authorities raised the number of victims in the attack from 12 to 15, plus a dog.

Boulder County officials who provided the update said in a news release that the victims include eight women and seven men ranging in age from 25 to 88. The Associated Press on Wednesday sent an email to prosecutors seeking more details on the newly identified victims and the dog.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, had planned to kill all of the roughly 20 participants in Sundays demonstration at the popular Pearl Street pedestrian mall, but he threw just two of his 18 Molotov cocktails while yelling Free Palestine, police said. Soliman, an Egyptian man who federal authorities say has been living in the U.S. illegally, didnt carry out his full plan because he got scared and had never hurt anyone before, police wrote in an affidavit.

According to an FBI affidavit, Soliman told police he was driven by a desire to kill all Zionist people a reference to the movement to establish and protect a Jewish state in Israel. Authorities said he expressed no remorse about the attack.

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A vigil is scheduled for Wednesday evening at the local Jewish community center.

Defendant's immigration status

Soliman was born in el-Motamedia, an Egyptian farming village in the Nile Delta province of Gharbia, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Cairo, according to an Egyptian security official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to talk to the media.

Before moving to Colorado Springs three years ago, Soliman spent 17 years in Kuwait, according to court documents.

Soliman arrived in the U.S. in August 2022 on a tourist visa that expired in February 2023, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a post on X. She said Soliman filed for asylum in September 2022 and was granted a work authorization in March 2023, but that has also expired.

Hundreds of thousands of people overstay their visas each year in the United States, according to Department of Homeland Security reports.

The case against Soliman

Soliman told authorities that he had been planning the attack for a year and was waiting for his daughter to graduate before carrying it out, the affidavit said.

A newspaper in Colorado Springs that profiled one of Solimans children in April noted the familys journey from Egypt to Kuwait and then to the U.S. It said after initially struggling in school, his daughter landed academic honors and volunteered at a local hospital.

Soliman has been charged with a federal hate crime as well as attempted murder counts at the state level, but authorities say additional charges could come. He's being held in a county jail on a $10 million cash bond and is scheduled to make an appearance in state court on Thursday.

His attorney, Kathryn Herold, declined to comment after a state court hearing Monday. Public defenders policy prohibits speaking to the media.

Witnesses and police have said Soliman set himself on fire as he hurled the second incendiary device. Authorities said they believe Soliman acted alone. Although they did not elaborate on the nature of his injuries, a booking photo showed him with a large bandage over one ear.

The attack unfolded against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, which has contributed to a spike in antisemitic violence in the United States. It happened at the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot and barely a week after a man who also yelled Free Palestine was charged with fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington.

Six victims hospitalized

The victims ranged in age from 25 to 88, and were members of the volunteer group called Run For Their Lives who were holding their weekly demonstration.

No new details were released Wednesday about three victims who were sent to the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.

They have requested privacy to heal, spokesperson Kelli Christensen said in an email.

One of the victims was a child when her family fled the Nazis during the Holocaust, said Ginger Delgado of the Arapahoe County Sheriffs Office. Delgado is acting as a spokesperson for the family of the woman, who doesn't want her name used.

The Education Department is pressuring Columbia Universitys accreditor to take action against the Ivy League school over findings that it failed to protect Jewish students from harassment.

The department on Wednesday told the Middle States Commission on Higher Education that Columbia should face action because it has been found in violation of antidiscrimination laws.

Accreditors work on behalf of the federal government to decide which colleges can accept federal financial aid. Without an accreditors seal of approval, Columbia could no longer accept students federal grants or loans.

Just as the Department of Education has an obligation to uphold federal antidiscrimination law, university accreditors have an obligation to ensure member institutions abide by their standards, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement.

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The announcement says the accreditor must take action against Columbia if it doesnt come into compliance.

The Education Department and the Department of Health and Human Services determined on May 22 that Columbia violated federal law by acting with deliberate indifference toward the harassment of Jewish students.

Columbia and its accreditor did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

Could warning labels on your favorite ultra-processed foods help improve your health or just add confusion? The Food and Drug Administration is weighing bold new labels that could change how we shop for food, but would they actually help make Americans healthier? 

These warning labels are part of a proposed FDA plan to put simple, easy-to-see nutrition information right on the front of packaged foods. The goal is to give shoppers quick, clear guidance. Theyd show whether a product has high, medium or low levels of added sugar, saturated fat or sodium.

So, why put them right on the front? Well, ultra-processed foods like chips, snack bars, cereal, frozen pizza and many other popular prepared foods often contain high amounts of these ingredients.

These are foods that you cant really make in your home kitchen. Why? Because theyre created using industrial techniques that chemically or physically change the food. They also have things added like artificial colors, flavors and preservatives to make them last longer and make your taste buds want more.

Now, heres the problem: research has linked eating too much sugar, salt and unhealthy fats to obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disorders and even depression and anxiety.

Right now, many Americans are eating more of these ingredients than they should, often without realizing it.

Some countries are using warning labels albeit different from what the FDA is proposing. Results have been mixed. In Chile, warning labels led people to buy fewer foods high in sugar, salt and fat, but they didnt stop obesity rates from rising. Nor did the labels affect rising diabetes rates in Mexico. And in Brazil, warning labels didnt really change how people shopped or how healthy they thought a product was.

So, while warning labels might help raise awareness, they dont seem to spark big behavior changes on their own. Thats likely because food choices are influenced by many factors like price, habits, culture and, of course, marketing.

I think wed see similar patterns here. Labels wont be a magic fix, but they could help, especially if theyre part of a bigger effort that includes nutrition education, smarter food policies and better access to fresh, whole foods.

One hopeful outcome is that manufacturers start changing their recipes to avoid getting a warning label. That could lead to more healthy options over time.

In the meantime, we really need to keep educating people to choose healthy, nutrient-dense foods and go easy on the junk food.

A graphic designer testified Wednesday that she was so traumatized after Sean "Diddy" Combs held her over a 17th-floor apartment balcony that she sometimes screamed in her sleep afterward.

Bryana 'Bana' Bongolan, 33, a friend of Combs' former longtime girlfriend Cassie, said the 2016 assault at Cassie's Los Angeles apartment caused a bruise on the back of her leg, along with back and neck pain. It also left her emotionally scarred, she told the jury.

"I have night terrors and paranoia and I would scream in my sleep sometimes," said Bongolan, a creative and marketing director who runs her own art agency.

Her testimony came in the fourth week of evidence presentation by prosecutors as they seek to prove that Combs oversaw a racketeering organization composed of his employees and associates as he physically and sexually abused women for two decades.

Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and other charges that, if convicted, could send him to prison for 15 years to life.

Bongolan is the latest woman to testify that the hip-hop mogul acted violently toward her and Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, who already testified for four days about the abuse she incurred. Other witnesses described seeing him physically abusing women.

Cassie testified that she saw Combs bring one of her friends back over the railing of a balcony at her apartment in the early morning.

Cassie said she was asleep in her room when she awoke to the episode.

"I saw him bring her back over the railing of the balcony and then throw her onto the patio furniture," Cassie testified.

When Bongolan recalled the attack, she said Combs barged into Cassie's apartment, lifted her up and put her on the rail. She said she feared that she would plummet to her death as she pushed back against Combs.

"I was scared to fall," she said. Combs was yelling at her throughout the ordeal, Bongolan said, estimating he held her over the railing for 10 to 15 seconds.

She said Combs then threw her onto balcony furniture. Adrenaline helped her power through the ordeal, Bongolan said. She recalled getting up immediately after being thrown down.

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Bongolan said Cassie, who was sleeping in the bedroom, then came out and asked Combs: "Did you just hang her over the balcony?" Told that Bongolan's ex-girlfriend was also in the apartment, Combs swiftly left, Bongolan said.

Bongolan said she has lasting effects from Combs assaulting her.

"I have nightmares and I have a lot of paranoia and I used to scream a lot in my sleep, but it's dissipated a little bit," she testified.

Part of her paranoia, she said, includes opening doors carefully and peeking into rooms before going inside, and she added that she had a nightmare as recently as a few days ago.

Bongolan said Combs gave her drugs on three or four occasions, including ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and G, a substance she understood was the depressant GHB.

She said she also did drugs about once a week with Cassie when Combs wasn't around.

Bongolan, testifying in response to a subpoena from prosecutors, was granted immunity after she initially said she would refuse to answer questions and invoke her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. She was at least the third witness given immunity to testify.

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New episodes of "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!" will finally be available to stream on major streaming platforms.

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that episodes of the popular game shows will be available on Hulu, Disney+ and Peacock starting in September. The episodes will be on the streaming services one day after they air on broadcast television.

While older episodes of "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!" have been available to stream for years, this marks the first time current episodes will be accessible through streaming platforms shortly after their original broadcast.

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Sony said it's excited to bring the shows to a wider audience. "Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune are two of the most successful game shows in television history and we look forward to giving fans the best possible streaming access to our shows this fall," said Keith Le Goy, Chairman of Sony Pictures Television, in a statement.

Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Wednesday she will leave the Democratic Party and become an independent after years of working among the highest levels of multiple Democratic presidencies.

The announcement comes via Jean-Pierre's publisher, through which she is releasing a new book, "Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines."

Jean-Pierre served as the regional political director in the White House during President Barack Obama's tenure and as the press secretary for President Joe Biden. In 2021 she became the first openly gay woman and the first Black woman in 30 years to deliver a White House press briefing.

Jean-Pierre has defended the Biden presidency as "historic," and promotional materials for her book characterize a "betrayal" by the Decmoractic party in pressuring him to step aside instead of seeking a second term.

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In the book, set to release in October, Jean-Pierre is said to call on Americans to "embrace life as independents." The publisher Legacy Lit presents the book as a critique of the U.S.' two-party political system and its shortcomings.

In a social media video, Jean-Pierre said she hopes the book will help answer a common question she hears from voters: "'How do we get out of this? How do we protect our democracy? How do we protect vulnerable communities among us? What do we do next?'

I think we need to stop thinking in boxes and think outside of our boxes and not be so partisan,' Jean-Pierre said.

The Democratic National Committee has declined comment to multiple outlets on the news of Jean-Pierre's switch to independence.

The Italian community in Michigan celebrated this week as June 2 marked Italian National Day or Festa della Repubblica.

Festa della Repubblica was a defining day in Italian history in 1946 when Italians chose to form a republic. The day celebrates Italian culture, tradition and excellence.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed June 2, 2025, as Italian National Day in Michigan.

The Consulate of Italy in Detroit hosted a special event at The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe on June 2.

It was the last Festa for Paola Allegra Baistrocchi, Consul of Italy in Detroit. She completes her term this winter and will return to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

Weve built something extraordinary together: a living, breathing bridge between two nations, two cultures, and countless stories of friendship and collaboration, she said at the event.

It was an evening of Ferraris, food and fun with a live performance of electric violinist Pierpaolo Foti.

Federal prosecutors charged two Chinese researchers on Tuesday with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S. last summer charges that come amid heightened political tensions between the two countries and as the Trump administration moves to revoke visas from visiting Chinese students.

Watch below: Chinese nationals accused of smuggling pathogen into U.S. for work at U-M

Chinese nationals accused of smuggling pathogen into U.S. for work at U-M

Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu are charged with conspiracy, smuggling, making false statements and visa fraud for allegedly bringing the fungus Fusarium graminearum into the U.S. Jian, 33, was booked in a Detroit federal court. Liu, 34, is thought to be in China.

According to the FBI, Liu had small baggies of the fungus stashed in his backpack when he flew to the U.S. last year and, after claiming ignorance about the plant material inside them, said he was planning to use it for research at a University of Michigan lab where Jian worked and where Liu previously worked.

What is Fusarium head blight?

Fusarium graminearum causes a disease called Fusarium head blight that can wipe out cereal crops such as wheat, barley and maize and rice it inflicts $1 billion in losses annually on U.S. wheat and barley crops, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

It isnt the only fungus to cause Fusarium head blight, but its the most common culprit in the U.S. The fungus infects plants early in the growing season, shriveling wheat grains and blanching crop heads a whitish-tan color. It also causes a toxin to accumulate in wheat kernels that can make them unsafe for people and livestock to eat.

Nicknamed vomitoxin because its most known for causing livestock to throw up, it can also cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache and fever in animals and people.

Wheat and other grain crops are screened for various toxins, including Fusarium graminearum, before they can be used to feed animals and humans. Farmers have to throw out any infected grains, which can cause devastating losses.

Its one of the many problems that farmers have to deal with that risks their livelihood, said David Geiser, a Fusarium expert at Penn State.

What are the accusations?

Although Jian and Liu are accused of smuggling Fusarium graminearum into the country, the fungus is already prevalent in the U.S. particularly in the east and Upper Midwest and scientists have been studying it for decades.

Researchers often bring foreign plants, animals and even strains of fungi to the U.S. to study them, but they must file certain permits before moving anything across state or national borders. Studying the genes of a foreign fungus strain, for example, can help scientists learn how it tolerates heat, resists pesticides or mutates.

We look at variations among individuals just like we do humans, said Nicole Gauthier, a plant pathologist at the University of Kentucky who studies Fusarium.

That said, its unclear why the Chinese researchers might have wanted to bring that strain of Fusarium graminearum into the U.S. and why they didnt fill out the proper paperwork to do so.

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Ukrainian intelligence officials released new footage on Tuesday showing a dramatic series of drone strikes on Russian airfields, targeting some of Moscows most strategic, nuclear-capable aircraft.

The video, set to dramatic music, depicts more than 35 first-person view (FPV) drones slamming into Russian military aircraft thousands of miles from the front lines. Among the primary targets were Russias TU-95 and TU-22 bombers, which have been used to launch cruise missiles at Ukrainian cities.

Even more damaging, officials said, were strikes on two A-50 airborne radar planes a critical surveillance asset often referred to as the eyes and ears of the Russian air force.

The footage also revealed trucks transporting what appeared to be prefabricated structures. Inside, drones were hidden and positioned near Russian air bases. In one clip, a rooftop slides open and drones are launched into the sky.

Ukrainian officials said the drones employed artificial intelligence. When communication links were severed, the drones automatically switched to autonomous mode, followed pre-programmed routes and used machine vision to identify and strike explosive targets.

A high-level Ukrainian delegation is currently in Washington, D.C., and is expected to show more of the footage to members of Congress as part of an effort to secure additional U.S. weapons sales.

Cedar Point has announced an opening date for its newest roller coaster, Siren's Curse. In a social media video, the park says the ride will open June 28.

However, they are also offering people the chance to ride it early through a charity preview on June 26.

When it opens, Siren's Curse will be the tallest, fastest, and longest tilt roller coaster in North America.

Siren's Curse is technically an expansion of the park. The coaster is inspired by the legend of mysterious creatures in Lake Erie, with sirens luring sailors to their capsizing.

Riders will ascend an old 160-foot-tall Lake Erie shipping crane tower, with ominous music getting louder, before reaching a dead stop on a "broken off" section of track.

The platform will tilt 90 degrees at the drop, forcing riders to look straight down,

The ride features 2,966 feet of track, with a top speed of 58 mph over the two-minute ride. It includes 13 weightless airtime moments, two 360-degree, zero-gravity barrel rolls, and a high-speed triple-down element with twisted and overbanked track.

The new coaster will be located across from the Iron Dragon suspended coaster near Cedar Point's marina.

Including Siren's Curse, Cedar Point now has 19 roller coasters.

You can purchase tickets to attend Cedar Point to ride this coaster next summer at this link.

After a massive fire destroyed the building nearly a decade ago, KRONK gym is rising from the ashes and returning to Detroit later this summer, the city announced this afternoon.

Back in 2017, the iconic gym was destroyed in a massive fire, with the roof collapsing and the basement severely damaged.

The gym was founded by Emanuel Steward and helped develop champions like Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko.

The gym is reopening this summer under new ownership, with several of KRONK's original world champions involved in the restoration project.

It will be located in the historic Brewster-Wheeler Recreation Center at 670 Wilkins Street.

Mayor Duggan announced the news at a press conference Wednesday, alongside KRONK executives, Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison, Steward's daughter, Sylvia Steward-Williams, Hilmer Kenty the first world champion from the original gym and newly signed pro boxer William "Willi" Myhre.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is encouraging the public to report health care professionals who provide gender-affirming care to minors.

In a post on X on Monday, the agency said, "As the Attorney General has made clear, we will protect our children and hold accountable those who mutilate them under the guise of gender-affirming care."

It encouraged people to report "hospitals, clinics, or practitioners performing these surgical procedures on children."

Gender-affirming care includes mental health care, treatments like puberty blockers or hormone therapy and, in rare instances, surgery for those diagnosed with gender dysphoria. But it's something that is hardly ever done with children and handled on a case-by-case basis.

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It's not illegal to receive gender-affirming care, but there are some states that restrict access to it for minors.

Doctors who spoke with the Scripps News Group in the past said providers will not consider gender-affirming medical treatment for kids who have not begun puberty. At most, they can offer family counseling or support.

"No one is walking into a visit and then walking out with the hormone prescription that same day. The other thing that takes time is actually getting into the clinic," said Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd, Medical Director of Children's Minnesota Gender Health Program, in a previous interview with the Scripps News Group. "Just to have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, you have to have symptoms or be experiencing distress for six months or longer. So at a minimum, it's a months-long process. But I would say in many cases a years-long process."

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The Trump administration has made it a mission to halt gender-affirming care for minors, despite it being a rare occurrence.

After a few days in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19.

A second federal judge put a pause on the executive order back in February.

The FBI arrested a Washington state man accused of providing large amounts of chemicals to make explosives for last month's bombing of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, federal authorities said Wednesday.

Daniel Park, 32, was taken into custody on Tuesday night at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport after being deported from Poland, where he'd traveled four days after the bombing, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli told reporters.

Federal authorities allege Park shipped 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate to Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, who bombed the clinic and was killed in the blast. The chemical compound is an explosive precursor that can be used to make homemade bombs, Essayli said.

Park traveled earlier this year to Twentynine Palms, California where he and Bartkus conducted experiments in bomb-making. authorities said.

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Park and Bartkus met in online forums dedicated to the anti-natalist movement, bonding over a "shared belief that people shouldn't exist," said Akil Davis, the FBI's assistant director in charge.

Anti-natalism is a fringe theory that opposes childbirth and population growth and believes people should not continue to procreate. Officials said Bartkus intentionally targeted the fertility clinic as an act of terrorism. He tried to livestream the explosion, but the attempt failed, the FBI says.

The blast gutted the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic in Palms Springs and shattered the windows of nearby buildings along a palm tree-lined street. Witnesses described a loud boom followed by a chaotic scene, with people screaming in terror and glass strewn along the sidewalk and street. A body was found near a charred vehicle outside the clinic.

Investigators haven't said if he intended to kill himself in the attack or why he chose the specific facility. The clinic provides services to help people get pregnant, including in vitro fertilization and fertility evaluations.

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Authorities executed a search warrant at Park's residence in Seattle and found "an explosive recipe that was similar to the Oklahoma City bombing," Davis said.

Scott Sweetow, a retired ATF explosives expert, had previously said the amount of damage caused indicated that the suspect used a "high explosive" similar to dynamite and TNT rather than a "low explosive" like gun powder.

Those types of explosives are normally difficult for civilians to access, but increasingly people are finding ways to concoct explosives at home, he said.

"Once you know the chemistry involved, it's pretty easy to get stuff," Sweetow said. "The ingredients you could get at a grocery store."

Davis previously called the explosion possibly the "largest bombing scene that we've had in Southern California."

June is going to be a big month politically for President Donald Trump.

You see, in May, the House of Representatives passed his one "big, beautiful bill," and now the debate heads to the other side of the Capitol, the Senate, where leadership have said they want the legislation on Trumps desk by July 4th.

Not every Senate Republican, however, agrees with what the House passed.

Why you should care

Let's remind you why you should care about the "big, beautiful bill" being debated in Congress. For one, it does a lot.

It impacts taxes and how much youll pay for the next several years. It impacts Medicaid coverage and what must be done to qualify. It also impacts funding for the southern border and military spending to defend the us from attacks, as well as energy, repealing renewable energy tax credits meant to address climate change.

So why do some Senate republicans have issues with the bill?

Sens. Rick Scott, Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Ron Johnson have all expressed at least some concern over the cost, which would add trillions of dollars to the deficit over the next 10 years, according to nonpartisan outside groups.

We have to show the Republicans that elected us that we are serious about reducing spending, Sen. Johnson recently told Scripps News.

Sens. Susan Collins, Josh Hawley, Lisa Murkowski, Jerry Moran and Jim Justice have all shared some worry that the House-passed bill changes too much with Medicaid funding. Some have also expressed concern about new work requirements.

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri may be the one to watch on this issue. He wrote a piece in the New York Times in May simply titled "Don't cut Medicaid." Then on social media this week he wrote, Just had a great talk with President Trump about the Big, Beautiful Bill. He said again, NO MEDICAID BENEFIT CUTS."

A third group including Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, John Curtis and Jerry Moran have all expressed skepticism over scaling back clean energy credits.

What's next?

President Trump was able to successfully lobby enough House Republicans to pass his bill, and now that lobbying effort begins in the Senate, an effort that includes social media. He has already attacked Sen. Paul over his opposition.

Rand votes NO on everything, but never has any practical or constructive ideas," the president stated.

Sen. Paul talked about his conversations with the president to reporters on Capitol Hill.

He did most of the talking, he said. This will be the largest debt ceiling increase ever in our history.

Senate Democrats, meanwhile, continue to speak out against what they are calling "one, big ugly bill." However, President Trump doesnt need any of them to pass it.

The current party breakdown in the Senate is 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats. President Trump can still pass it if 50 senators back it because Vice President JD Vance would break the tie.

However, if four Republicans side with Democrats, that would defeat the bill.

President Donald Trump said he spoke for more than an hour Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, discussing recent developments in the ongoing war in Ukraine, including drone strikes on Russian airfields.

Trump said much of the conversation focused on Ukraines recent attacks, which reportedly damaged or destroyed more than 40 Russian combat aircraft, including long-range bombers and A-50 surveillance jets.

It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate peace, Trump said in a statement posted on Truth Social.

He added that Putin indicated he would respond to the recent strikes.

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Days after the drone attack on the airfields, Ukraine launched another operation targeting the Kerch Bridge, a key supply route connecting mainland Russia to occupied Crimea.

Trump has pushed for a cease-fire agreement between Russia and Ukraine, but escalating fighting on both sides appears to have complicated those efforts.

A high-level Ukrainian delegation is currently in Washington, D.C., and is expected to show footage of the drone attacks to members of Congress as part of an effort to secure additional U.S. weapons sales.

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FDA Commissioner Dr. Martin A. Makary said the agency is taking aggressive steps to modernize outdated regulations, expand choice and improve efficiency.

Makary said infant formula standards havent changed in 26 years, aside from one addition of selenium. Theres been no innovation in the space, he said, noting growing demand for cleaner products without corn syrup, added sugars or heavy metals. The FDA is convening a panel to examine the regulatory barriers and update the formula recipes manufacturers are required to follow.

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On COVID-19 vaccines, Makary told Scripps News that the agency is now taking a more measured approach, adding the FDA will no longer issue blanket recommendations for healthy children.

"I think people need to remember the government is not your doctor," he said.

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Makary also touted the agencys early rollout of an AI tool to assist reviewers in evaluating drug and device applications, calling it an "incredible success. The software, named Elsa, has cut review time by days and is being expanded agencywide.

Despite recent staffing cuts, Makary said no scientific reviewers or food inspectors were let go. Instead, reductions targeted administrative and communications staff in an effort to redirect resources to the FDAs core mission, he said.

"We created a culture of teamwork," he said. "We're going to continue to work to build that culture and create more of a friendly relationship with consolidated resources."

Law enforcement discovered a cache of weaponry and armor, including a machine gun and grenade launchers, along with Nazi paraphernalia during a raid of a home in Washington state, authorities said Tuesday.

Derek Sanders, the elected sheriff of Thurston County, said in a Facebook post that the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division asked his office for assistance Monday as an FBI special weapons and tactics team executed a search warrant in Lacey, near the state capitol of Olympia, "as a result of a violent robbery and theft of military weaponry/armor."

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle said in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday night that the search warrant related to an Army CID and FBI investigation into an assault Sunday at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, just north of Olympia.

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Sanders' statement said two people were arrested and booked into Thurston County Jail for investigation of firearms-related offenses.

"The suspects identified in this case were actively involved in Nazi White Nationalist efforts," he wrote.

Sanders did not immediately return messages seeking comment Tuesday night.

The U.S. Attorney's Office statement said Army investigators had identified suspects in the assault at the military base and the FBI executed the search warrant late Monday night into early Tuesday.

Reached for comment, the FBI said its Seattle office was "assisting our partners Thurston County Sheriff's Office and Army Criminal Investigation Division" and referred questions to them.

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Additional information was expected to be included in a federal criminal complaint to be unsealed Wednesday. The two people arrested were expected to make initial appearances at U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Wednesday afternoon.

In his post, Sanders said agents had seized 35 firearms at the home, including short barrel rifles and an MG42 machine gun a type typically supported with a bipod and which was used by German troops during World War II. Other seized gear included grenade launchers, explosives, body armor, ammunition and ballistic helmets, and multiple rifles were staged at windows throughout the residence, the sheriff said.

He posted photos from the home showing an array of weapons, ammunition and body armor surrounded by Nazi paraphernalia, including a red Nazi flag emblazoned with a black swastika.